Books Really Are Magic...

[savageseraph]

This weekend I think I found my new bookstore. Sure, there are lots of bookstores around, but I'm looking for a regular stop. A home base of bookishness. It has the added bonus of being near the home base Best Buy. Neither one of them are home yet. I can't walk into them and just know where the sections are that I want to browse, but it's a start.

I came home with ten books, three fantasy novels and seven YA fantasy novels. To be honest, I could have picked up five or six more easily. I've read three of the YA novels already, and that was a very good thing for me.

It has been a long time since went bookshopping. At least a month with the move and all. I'm someone who's generally in a bookstore at least once a week.

However, if my bookshopping has been interrupted, I can't tell you how long it has been since I lost myself in a night of reading. I tend to acquire more books than I read, and it has been ages since I curled up on the sofa and just binged on story. I read two novels last night, back to back. This afternoon, I read another. I felt better than I have in a long time. More relaxed. More content. More excited about stories and about writing.

For so many weeks and months now, everything about my life has been draining my batteries. The impending move, the hunt for a place to live, the move itself, getting sick. This is the first time that I've felt that I'm doing something to recharge them. I wasn't consciously thinking of that when I started reading, but once I did, I couldn't stop. I literally couldn't keep from turning pages, and then I picked up the next book, and it was the same. Today, also the same.

What was also the same was how good I felt once I surfaced after reading them. I felt cleansed, renewed, refreshed.

Comments

[splix.livejournal.com]

That is fantastic. I'm glad you were able to recharge a little. It's wonderful to get lost in other worlds. :)

[ribby.livejournal.com]

Yayayayay!!! *dances* I never feel like something's really *home* unless there's a bookstore nearby. Must be why even after a year there, Aberyswyth never felt like home, while in Edinburgh I was set after a month. *grin*

Reading as therapy... I believe in it. Not to mention bookstores *always* make me feel better.

*hugs* I'm glad to see this--I've been worried about you, and I'm so happy to hear that you're feeling better, and part of it is due to books.

*hugs you more*

~Kris

[alex-quine.livejournal.com]

The power of storytelling to absorb minds in worlds of the imagination is truly amazing. So good to hear that you were re-invigorated.

[gotham-syren.livejournal.com]

First of all, I am insanely envious of your quick-reading ability. I'm lucky if I get through a book in days, let alone hours!

And how awesome that you've found a promising bookstore.

Btw, could you email me your new (snail) mail address? gotham underscore syren at yahoo.

[ithiliana.livejournal.com]

Reading is wonderful--just lying on the sofa with a cat or two reading makes life good. Although we need a new sofa....

Um, titles and authors mebbe? I don't have my chat convos saved, so the ones you gave the other night are lots in teh tubes!

[kirby-crow.livejournal.com]

This reminds me that I seriously need some new books of my own. :) What were the titles you got again?

I've been thinking that I simply don't do the kind of reading that I used to, which I used to actually put preparation into, like cuddly pillows, incense, my favorite tea, etc. It's a lost luxury, and I need to reclaim it!

[foxrafer.livejournal.com]

I've read more this month than I have in years and I hardily agree with you; books are magic. I'm so glad that you feel you've turned the corner and are beginning to feel better. You're due for some relaxation and contentment. *hugs*